Josiah Ng
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How nostalgia inspired Orchard’s Fortune Chai cocktail (opens the original)
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The city’s yum cha tradition, a bartender’s chai memories and a fortune cookie garnish come together in this silky, spice-tinged Armagnac cocktail “When I went to a dim sum place, I had tea in a small teacup and thought the action of drinking tea with your hands felt unique,” Dipesh Rai says. “You don’t really drink any other drink with such an action. It inspired me to make a cocktail with the action of drinking tea in mind.” Taking cues from the Brandy Alexander, Rai “wanted to capture a desse
Drink in Focus: Gyokuro Melon Punch at Fello (opens the original)
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Shelley Tai’s new bar features a refreshing cocktail that’s anchored by tea and melon, and is designed for clarity, depth and instant appeal A strong example from Fello’s inaugural menu is the Gyokuro Melon Punch, which, according to Tai, was developed long before Fello’s opening. The drink combines gyokuro tea, gin, fresh honeydew melon and yuzu juices as well as Pernod. “Gyokuro Melon Punch started from the idea of creating something refreshing but with a little more depth as you drink it,” Ta
How Asia’s 50 Best Bars expanded to 25 cities, from Kathmandu to Hangzhou (opens the original)
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Singapore’s early dominance has given way to Bangkok’s lead on the 2026 list, as new hubs shake up the competition thanks to ‘cocktail tourism’ More cities on the list means more competition for stalwart venues like Singapore’s Nutmeg & Clove, debuting at 30th place in 2017, but it also means that cocktail lovers are expanding their palates rapidly. “Our guests are more well-travelled now,” says Nutmeg & Clove founder Colin Chia, “Cocktail tourism is a real thing. Consumers these days, they will
Hope & Sesame leads mainland China’s rise on Asia’s 50 Best Bars list (opens the original)
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The Guangzhou bar and other venues in Shenzhen, Changsha, Shanghai, Chengdu and Beijing are driving the country’s booming mixology scene The Guangzhou bar (which also has a location in Shenzhen) leads something of a changing of the guard. Mainland Chinese representation has ballooned from three bars last year – Hope & Sesame, MO Bar Shenzhen and CMYK in Changsha – to seven among Asia’s 50 Best Bars this year, plus three more on Asia’s 51-100 extended list. Hong Kong is still one of the most repr
Drink in Focus: Trinidad Sour at Bar Tincture (opens the original)
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Bitters make an unconventional cocktail base – and at Bar Tincture, founder Bone Cheng explains how he makes this balance of flavours work “When designing the Homemade Style [red aperitivo] series for Bar Tincture,” Cheng says, “we wanted to interpret this drink using our own house-made bitters. Our bitters are made using a variety of spices, barks and herbs via sous vide. After filtering, they are blended with five to six house-made tinctures for seasoning, followed by short-term ageing to allo
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